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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Passenger horn sound
From: "Stephen Levine" <sjl@p...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:22:47 -0600
References: <a3c8c8+simj@e...>
I had thought the high pitched horn sounded normal. But after learning that 
poorly maintained horns could also emit shrill sounds, I thought that was the 
reason for the high pitched.

Looking at Chicago Passenger Trains, I notice the NYC E units also have a 
single horn on the left side, facing backward. I suspect it was the same type 
of horn as on the Q E's. NYC engineers used it a lot coming thru Kalamazoo, MI, 
doing something similar to what Ed describes the Q engineer doing: two long 
sounds on the S2M and one short on the single horn. Sometimes both horns were 
blown together.

I would be interested in the make and model of the single left-side horn.

sjl

Stephen and Linda Levine
steveandlindaare@c...
If trains were just for kids...we wouldn't wanna grow up!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ed_de_rouin 
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Passenger horn sound


Hi Listers:

SJL is correct.. In the mid-fifties, the right hand single bell horn 
was replaced by a two bell horn, the Leslie S2M. I do not know 
what the left hand horn model designation is, but it was a higher 
and shriller pitched horn.

However, please realize that individual engineers developed 
very unique styles. I asked questions about whistle signals to a 
few experienced and admirable enginemen in the early sixties 
and will cite two replies.

The Leslies were considered to be the country horns and the 
sinle bell horn a city horn. the reason, you could clearly tell the 
single bell horn from a truck, or car horn.

One gentlemen showed me how, when whistling for a grade 
crossing, he used both horns for the first two sounds, the city 
horn for the short sound, and only the leslie for the final sound. 
Twas quite a performance.....

Ed DeRouin 







--- In BRHSlist@y..., "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
> 
> Can I get some help with this one? Remember to add Larry's 
email address to
> your replies.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Westchalco@a... [mailto:Westchalco@a...]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:24 PM
> To: brhs@n...
> Subject: Passenger horn sound
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have listened to several internet horn sites, but cannot find 
the horn
> sound which was unique to CB&Q E units. It was a 
high-pitched shrill sound,
> as I recall.
> 
> Anybody there know the designation of these horns from long 
ago? Thanks.
> 
> Larry Loftus, Omaha
> westchalco@a...
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





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